= Project Phases

Project work is done in phases and iterations. Each phase/iteration has to be presented to the teacher during consultations and has to be approved before continuation with the following phases/iterations. If a phase/iteration is not done to a satisfactory level, the team will be instructed to improve their work and present once again for approval.

Each project phase, iteration and milestone lists the names of the pages that document the respective types of activities in each phase. Create wiki pages in your project site that correspond to these names. As an Example: to document the activity !ProjectVision, create a wiki page named **!ProjectVision**.

Before starting the working on the project, the project idea must be proposed officially via the EPRMS and approved by the teacher. See [[StartingProjects]].

== Phase P0: Initial phase

Make a selection of a database management system (DBMS) according to your wishes and interests, complete the installation of the DBMS and set-up a relational database in the system including test data.

See: [[InstructionsP0]]

== Milestone M1: Initial Database is setup

* Present the starting database instance for the project purposes
* Deadline: January 2026

See: [[InstructionsM1]]


== Phase P1: Organization of data storage in a DBMS

Administration from the aspect of organizing data storage within the system, reviewing available capabilities in the selected system and implementing them in the most appropriate way possible for the specific database


See: Course materials on Topic-set 1. 

See also: [[InstructionsP1]] 

== Phase P2: Operations in a DBMS

Administration of operational elements from the aspect of concurrency, transactions, memory and caches - reviewing available capabilities in the selected system and implementing them in the most appropriate way possible for the specific database

See: Course materials on Topic-set 1. 

See also: [[InstructionsP2]]

== Phase P3: Maintaining a DBMS

Administration of system maintenance operations, backups and recovery in case of an exam - reviewing available capabilities in the selected system and implementing them in the most appropriate way possible for the specific database

See: Course materials on Topic-set 1. 

See also: [[InstructionsP3]]

== Phase P4: Optimization and performance

Administration from the aspect of performance monitoring, performance analysis and performance optimization - reviewing available capabilities in the selected system and implementing them in the most appropriate way possible for the specific database data

See: Course materials on Topic-set 1. 

See also: [[InstructionsP4]]


== Milestone M2: Presentation of the final version of the project

* Present the finished project and documentation. 
* Deadlines:
  * Deadline: 01.02.2026 to get a grade in January/February exam session.
  * Deadline: 15.06.2026 to get a grade in June exam session.
  * Deadline: 01.09.2026 to get a grade in August/September exam session.